We decided to make public the current plans for Pixelache 2008Helsinki programme! Some of the new additions are:- 7 members of the N.I.P. / New Inferfaces for Performance will show up inHelsinki- Kitchen Budapest will be presenting several project prototypes- Baltic version of Boxwars (gladiator-style fight-performances bycardboard-clad warriors) will be organised for the first time- 'Traveling without moving' seminar organised in collaboration with JohnThackara / Doors of Perception

At the end of February, Nuage Vert (Green Cloud), a large-scaleenvironmental installation by artist duo HeHe, will be visible in the skiesabove Ruoholahti in central Helsinki.

Nuage Vert uses the chimney emissions of the Salmisaari power plant as acanvas for illumination. The installation consists of tracking, drawing andprojecting a laser image onto the contour of vapour, adjusting its shape andsize to the current levels of electricity consumption by the residents inRuoholahti and neighbouring Lauttasaari. During the event, residents will beasked to consume less, to un-plug their electrical appliances to make thegreen cloud grow. The chimney and emission are an environmental sculptureand a community measuring tape, but there is an irony here: Nuage Vertaestheticises an icon of industrial pollution while seeking to draw theviewer's critical attention to it. By becoming a sign of wonder, aspectacle, a terrible beauty, a space is opened up for the viewer.

HeHe, the duo Helen Evans (British) and Heiko Hansen (German), live and workin Paris and initially conceived the project in 2003. HeHe was recentlycommissioned to make Champs d'Ozone at the Centre Georges Pompidou'sanniversary exhibition Airs de Paris. Their interest in air is also apparentin their 'Smoking Lamp' installation, which coincided with the Europe wideban on smoking in public space. Working in a variety of media andcontemporary technologies, their work has been described as poetic andpoignant, dealing with serious issues in a playful way. Their work engageswith the design and interpretation of urban space and the relationshipbetween individuals and their architectural and urban environment.

This first edition of Nuage Vert is presented by Pixelache festival ofelectronic subcultures and has been made possible with the generous supportof the Cultural Office of Helsinki, the Ministry of Culture andCommunication in France, Helsingin Energia, Foundation for EnvironmentalArt, Sydv

* Pixelache Nordic VJ meeting *The Nordic/Baltic VJ scene is gathering in Helsinki and showing their skillsin club events (organised in collaboration with Basso and ALAS), audiovisualjamming sessions as well as covert guerrilla actions around the city. Theinvited 30+ VJ acts are coming from all corners of the Nordic/Baltic region:Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

* Pixelache Lounge exhibition *Placard headphone festival, Between Blinks & Buttons by Sascha Pohflepp(GER), installation by UVA (UK) and Transit Radio Lounge project by JodiRose (Australia) are presented in the lobby of Kiasma during the festivaltime.

* Neoscenes workshop *In the ubiquity of networked media spaces where we distribute our wirelesslives, what happens to our creative processes? Remote Presense: StreamingLife is a workshop by nomadic network builder John Hopkins.

Also in the program: Prix Mobius Nordica competition, a trip to theDigitally Yours exhibition in Turku, generative art and design,do-it-yourself art + tech and much more...

Pixelache is a festival of electronic art and subcultures. Pixelachepresents projects experimenting with media and technology from abroad range of disciplines: artists, engineers, designers, researchersand architects. Pixelache focuses especially in presenting activitiesof various international grassroot networks and communities suchas the VJ community, media activists, the open source communityand the demoscene.The goal of Pixelache festival is to act asa bridge between the traditional creative disciplines and rapidlydeveloping electronic subcultures.

Pikseliahky // Pixelache 2007 is the sixth edition of the festivalin Helsinki. This spring Pixelache also continues in Paris (Mal au Pixel,April 2007) and for the first time in Colombia (Pixelazo + Selvatorium,June 2007).

We are currently looking for both finalized projects as well asconcepts/prototypes to be presented in Pixelache events during 2007.We encourage people from all disciplines to participate! Artists /academics / architects / designers / hackers / activists / engineers /VJs / etc, you are all welcome.

We are also looking for projects related to following themes:* VJ culture and audiovisual performances* Experimental sound, interaction and electronics* Grassroot networks and politics of media / technology

The deadline for proposals for the Nordic VJ meetingis 15th of November 2006!

In 2007, Pixelache Helsinki is also collaborating with the digital mediaculture competition Prix Mobius Nordica. More information about thenew Prix Mobius Nordica Experimental (focusing this year on VJpractises) at www.pixelache.ac and www.prixmobiusnordica.org.

i/o/lab and the curatorial team of Article hereby invite you to submitproposals for artistic work and conference talks to be included in Article2006.

We are interested in productions from areas including but not limited to:

- interactive objects- work for mobile devices- video or concepts for broadcast television- internet-based work- installations for public spaces- installations for gallery spaces- public actions- social events- workshops

We are primarily interested in completed productions but will give equalmerit to incomplete/suggested work and proposals in the evaluation ofapplications.

Article wishes to present work which is either site- or context-specific, orintended for traditional display spaces, work which explores and exploitsthe potential for artistic expression in everyday surroundings and objects.

The artists/groups we invite will receive artists fees and funding fortravel and board. We will also offer some production support, technical aswell as financial.

Article will be launched in the last half of November 2006.

* Call for conference contributions *

Article will be accompanied by a one-day conference, covering the topics ofthe exhibition and the field of unstable and electronic artforms. We areinterested in contributions in the form of presentations/talks on subjectareas relevant to the practice and theory of art in this field.

* About Article: *

Article is one of the main projects for Stavanger 2008 - European Capital ofCulture. Article 2006 will be a pilot project for the 2008 installment, butalso to underline that Article is intended as a biannual event BEYOND thescope of the European Capital year.

Article will be comprised of: a main exhibition; a conference related to thethemes of the biannual; in-depth practical and theoretical workshops andseminars; and contributions from local resources and other collaborativepartners.

The goal of Article is to promote artforms which don't merely employelectronic techniques in its production and display, but also activelycomment on technology, the ethics and politics of technology and theevolution and dissemination of technology. Article wishes to establish anopen arena for artforms which critique and engage social processes andpresent reflected positions on the expressive qualities and contexts of themedia.